The Artist's Magazine, June 2011 Cover!

That's "Rare Sight" 14 x 21 on the cover!
You can order a copy here:
http://www.northlightshop.com/product/print-issue-the-artists-magazine-june-2011-ta0611?r=tamdpar041111ta0611

 Here's the entire painting.

The Artist's Subjectivity and the Landscape

 Tucson 1 14 x 21

Tucson 11 14 x 21

I thought this was an interesting juxtaposition that shows how much analysis and choosing is involved when creating a landscape painting. The two above were painted during the summer in Tucson of a ridge that caught my eye.

This same ridge was painted in pastel by Kim Lordier during the wet winter months.  The paintings could not be more different, even though they are the exact same landscape subject.
Notice how the ridge's lovely curving swoop caught both our eyes and how Kim has effectively used the panorama to create a painting of foreground middle and distance, where I was caught up in the textures but tried to used scale and value to create some distance.

Tucson Eve, Kim Lordier Pastel on Archival Paper 24 x 30( used with permission)

Kim's web site is here. http://kimfancherlordier.com/workszoom/548554. And Tucson Eve is at the CAC 100th Gold Medal Exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art through April 24th

Update: 5/19.
There is a great article now in Southwest Art Magazine about Kim and her work , it includes a portfolio of recent works that has beautiful new paintings. http://www.southwestart.com/featured/kim-lordier-windows-to-grandeur

Gold Medal Wine Club/ Featured Artist

Vineyard Patterns 14 x 14
The newsletter for the Gold Medal Wine Club wine club chose me for their featured artist. I've thought that this painting with it's abstraction and bright colors would make a distinctive wine label.
Here's a link to the newsletter and a thank you for featuring my art.
http://www.goldmedalwineclub.com/blog/2011/03/robin-purcell-is-this-months-featured-artist/